Girl with a Pearl Earring
E10178
Girl with a Pearl Earring is a famous 17th-century oil painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, celebrated for its enigmatic female subject and striking use of light and color.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Girl with a Pearl Earring canonical | 10 |
| Girl with a Pearl Earring (via Mauritshuis collection) | 1 |
| Hendrickje at an Open Door | 1 |
| Meisje met de parel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T104135 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Girl with a Pearl Earring Context triple: [Johannes Vermeer, notableWork, Girl with a Pearl Earring]
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A.
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp is a 1632 group portrait by Rembrandt depicting a public dissection in Amsterdam, celebrated for its dramatic lighting and psychological realism.
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B.
The Starry Night
The Starry Night is Vincent van Gogh’s iconic 1889 post‑impressionist painting depicting a swirling night sky over a quiet village, widely regarded as one of the most famous artworks in Western art.
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C.
Vermeer Mill
Vermeer Mill is a fully functional Dutch-style windmill in Pella, Iowa, serving as a prominent cultural and historical landmark that reflects the town’s Dutch heritage.
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D.
The Night Watch
The Night Watch is a famous 1642 group portrait by Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt, celebrated for its dramatic use of light, shadow, and dynamic composition depicting a city militia company.
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E.
American Rembrandt
American Rembrandt is the nickname of Eastman Johnson, a 19th-century American painter renowned for his realistic genre scenes and portraits.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Girl with a Pearl Earring Target entity description: Girl with a Pearl Earring is a famous 17th-century oil painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, celebrated for its enigmatic female subject and striking use of light and color.
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A.
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp is a 1632 group portrait by Rembrandt depicting a public dissection in Amsterdam, celebrated for its dramatic lighting and psychological realism.
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B.
The Starry Night
The Starry Night is Vincent van Gogh’s iconic 1889 post‑impressionist painting depicting a swirling night sky over a quiet village, widely regarded as one of the most famous artworks in Western art.
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C.
Vermeer Mill
Vermeer Mill is a fully functional Dutch-style windmill in Pella, Iowa, serving as a prominent cultural and historical landmark that reflects the town’s Dutch heritage.
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D.
The Night Watch
The Night Watch is a famous 1642 group portrait by Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt, celebrated for its dramatic use of light, shadow, and dynamic composition depicting a city militia company.
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E.
American Rembrandt
American Rembrandt is the nickname of Eastman Johnson, a 19th-century American painter renowned for his realistic genre scenes and portraits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch Golden Age painting
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oil painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| artist | Johannes Vermeer ⓘ |
| cataloguedAs |
Mauritshuis
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surface form:
Mauritshuis inventory painting 670
|
| collection | Mauritshuis ⓘ |
| completionDate | circa 1665 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| creator | Johannes Vermeer ⓘ |
| depicts |
female figure
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pearl earring ⓘ turban ⓘ young woman ⓘ |
| estimatedYearOfCreation | between 1665 and 1667 ⓘ |
| genre | tronie ⓘ |
| hasColor |
blue
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brown ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| hasIconicElement |
dark background
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exotic-style turban ⓘ large pearl earring ⓘ over-the-shoulder gaze ⓘ |
| inception | circa 1665 ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary popular culture
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film adaptations ⓘ literature ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | The Hague ⓘ |
| locatedInTheCountry | Netherlands ⓘ |
| location | Mauritshuis ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Baroque
ⓘ
Dutch Golden Age ⓘ |
| notableFor |
enigmatic expression
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intimate composition ⓘ subtle color palette ⓘ use of light ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Girl with a Pearl Earring
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Meisje met de parel
|
| paintingTechnique | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| partOf | Dutch Golden Age painting tradition ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| subjectEthnicity | uncertain ⓘ |
| subjectGender | female ⓘ |
| subjectIdentity | unknown ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| title | Girl with a Pearl Earring self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Girl with a Pearl Earring Description of subject: Girl with a Pearl Earring is a famous 17th-century oil painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, celebrated for its enigmatic female subject and striking use of light and color.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Meisje met de parel
this entity surface form:
Hendrickje at an Open Door
subject surface form:
Johannes Vermeer
this entity surface form:
Girl with a Pearl Earring (via Mauritshuis collection)